Died 1087 Great-grandparent Rodulf of Ivry | Coronation date 1071 | |
Parents William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford Grandparents Osbern the Steward, Emma of Ivry Similar William FitzOsbern - 1st Earl of, Arnulf III - Count of Flanders, Baldwin II - Count of Hainaut | ||
Roger de breteuil 2nd earl of hereford
Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford (1056 – after 1087), succeeded in 1071 to the earldom of Hereford and the English estate of his father, William Fitz-Osbern.
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Disobeying King William
He did not keep on good terms with William the Conqueror, and in 1075, disregarding the King's prohibition, he married his sister Emma to Ralph Guader, Earl of Norfolk, at the famous bridal of Norwich.
Revolt of the Earls
Immediately afterwards, the two earls rebelled. Roger, who was to bring his force from the west to join forces with those of the Earl of Norfolk, was held in check at the River Severn by the Worcestershire fyrd, which the English Bishop Wulfstan, Walter de Lacy, and other Normans brought into the field against him.
Trial, sentence, and reprieve
On the collapse of his confederate's uprising, Roger was tried before the Great Council, deprived of his lands and earldom in 1075, and sentenced to perpetual imprisonment. He was released, with other political prisoners, at the death of William I in 1087.
Family
Roger left two sons, Roger and Reginald. Both may have been born after his release in 1087.